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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 8434218, member: 101855&quot;]Johnson was a sort of forgotten man in the Kennedy administration. From what I have read, the Kennedy people offered the vice presidential nomination to Johnson thinking that he would not take it. Johnson was the majority leader in the Senate, which was a more powerful position than the VP. Johnson surprised them by taking it. Jackie Kennedy called him “Colonel Corn Pone.” He was a sort of 5th wheel in the Kennedy administration. </p><p><br /></p><p>Johnson really wanted to be president. He had thought that he could use his Senate connections to get the 1960 Democrat nomination, but he was wrong. Kennedy beat out Hubert Humphrey in the primaries and held on to his lead. The VP slot got Johnson one heartbeat away, and it worked out him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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